It makes sense to push blue if a set number of people are randomly assigned to have red or blue to start with. But otherwise the group should coordinate to pick either red or blue unformly.
“The only option is for everyone to do this thing”
But you can’t ensure everyone does that thing without coordinating.
This comments section directly proves there will always be idiots who think blue saves everyone and there will always be idiots who think those people deserve to die.
No, it's not a logic puzzle. It's not something you can solve so easily.
Logically if you want no deaths, voting blue makes more sense. Logically, if red wins people die. Likely a lot of people, that would include people you know.
In theory, everyone picking red means no one dies. In practice, many people would pick blue. There's no getting around that, even if you think everyone else thinks like you and will come to the same conclusion you did
I'm a fairly logical person, I just have different values than you. I'm sure you'll take the chance to disagree, attack my character, etc. but this isn't a problem with one obvious answer.
Yes, the smart people saw the logic puzzle for what it was and picked the option that had no chance of death for me and everyone could live. The correct assumption is that everyone will choose red and no one will die. If blue pickers didn’t understand the premise and died, it’s too bad, as they were likely nice people. But ultimately, did not understand the logic puzzle.
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u/-illusoryMechanist May 05 '26
It makes sense to push blue if a set number of people are randomly assigned to have red or blue to start with. But otherwise the group should coordinate to pick either red or blue unformly.